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w/WENTOR WITNESS employment of which much time may be` `embodiedacomplete notation of a students hereinafter more fully described,illustrated Patented November 3, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK D. BOYNTON, OF ITHACA, NEW YORK.

COM PLETE SCHOOL-RECORD CARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,827, dated November3, 1903.

Applicationiiled August 16, 1902.

To all whom/ it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK D. BoYNToN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Ithaca, in the county of Tompkins and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Com pleteSchool-Record Cards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in school-records.

The object of the present invention is the provision of a novel form ofrecord for schools designed to supplant the ordinary form of record-bookcommonly employed, and one which is so arranged that the entire recordof a student, both as to scholarship and attendancegvmay be compactlymaintained to. the smallest detail, so that the standing of 5 thestudent through his or her entire school life may be determined at aglance. v p

A further object of the present invention 'is to provide a record whichis less expensive than those now commonly used and by the saved inentering the standing of a student i and maintaining the same from timeto time. l

A further object of the invention is the lprovision of a school-recordin which may be standing in scholarship, attendance, and final gmarkings, one which may be easily maintained, and one which may beexpeditiously filed away in any card-index for convenientreference whenoccasion arises.

With these general objects in view and others which will appear as thenature of the limprovements is better understood the in' ventionconsists in a record substantially as in the accompanying drawings, andpointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of a school-recordembodying the hereindescribed invention and illustrating that portiondesigned for the scholarship-record. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereofand illustrating that portion designed for the record of attendance.

The present invention is designed to be filed in any card-index ofordinary form and at the school.

Serial No. 119,873. (No model.)

construction; and to this end the invention is usually embodied in theform of a card which constitutes the permanent record,while copies ofthe card may be printed upon paper in order to furnish the students witha complete record precisely the same as that preserved by the school.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral l designates a card, the frontface of which is shown in Fig. l and which face is designed to receivethe scholarship-record of the student. This face of the card is dividedinto suitable spaces for such,anditwillbe observed that the top portionthereof is provided with a personal description of the student,(designated by the numeral 2,) immediately adjacent to which is adescription of the certificates and diplomas received by the student anddesignated bythe numeral 3 during his life Below the personaldescriptions of the student and his life at the school the card isdivided into what is properly the scholarship-record, and this isdesignated by the heading Class standing,which is arranged at the top ofa space embodying at its left-hand margin a vertically-arranged seriesof the studies or subjects pursued during the course at the school, thisbeing designated by the numeral 4. These subjects are arranged in thenatural divisions or in the order in which they are pursued through themedium of heavy lines 5, arranged in a horizontal manner, and the spacedevoted to the class standing is further divided by a heavy verticalline 6 into the terms in which the scholastic year is divided, in thepresent instance the space being divided into fall and spring terms, asshown. The space devoted t0 each term is in turn subdivided by lightvertical lines 7 into spaces for the respective months of the terms, thedesignation of which months appears at the head of each column, and suchsubdivisions are further subdivided by the horizontal lines 8 in orderthat the record of each subject for the respective months of the termsmay be kept. The horizontal spaces formed by the lines 8 are thereforein the same planes with-the subjects, so that the record for eachsubject during each month may be readily entered opposite the respectivesubjects. At the right-hand margin of the space devoted to the classstanding is a vertically-arranged series of spaces 9 for the entry ofthe year in which the subject was taken, and at the left-hand margin andin advance of the column of subjects or studies pursued is avertically-arranged series of spaces 10, in which the nal markings maybe made. This column is also designed to embody the State regents marks.

In order that the proper credit may be given for each subject and forthe further purpose of indicating the length of time allotted to eachsubject, an indicating-symbol 11, in the present case a numeral, isplaced in advance of each subject, and each of these symbols indicatesthe relative value of the marks in the respective subjects or studies.Each unit of each symbol also stands for ten Weeks of school-work, andconsequently by simply multiplying each of the indicatingnumerals by tenwill give the entire period of work over which the subject has extended.These indicating-symbols also give the number of counts or meritsallowed for each subject by the State regents or board of education. Forinstance, the subject of English pursued in the rst year counts four inthe markings of the State regents or board of education and at the sametime indicates that forty Weeks of study have been allotted to thisparticular subject.

In the present case it will be observed that the card is divided intotwo spaces for the class standing. This is made necessary by the largenumber of subjects usually pursued to cover the entire course at aschool; but it is obvious that if the course of study is such as tocover a shorter period than that for which the illustrated card isdesigned the space will of course be reduced. Each series of subjectsmay also be provided with blank spaces at the bottom in order that anyadditional subjects or special studies may be entered thereon, accordingto the needs of the particular institution using the record.

On the reverse face of the card is arranged the record for attendance,and this is illustrated in Fig. 2. This record is divided into spacesdesignated by the respective terms of each year, and each of thesespaces is in turn divided by heavy horizontal lines 12 to provide spacesfor the various years comprehending the entire course. These spaces arein turn subdivided by light horizontal lines 13 to provide spaces forthe respective months of each term in the various years, and through themedium of heavy vertical lines 14, which intersect the lines 12 and 13,the spaces for the months and years are divided into Weeks, which spacesare in turn again divided by the light vertical lines 15 into the schooldays'of each week, the days designating each column being arranged atthe top thereof. At the right-hand margin of each of the spaces for therespective terms is arranged a vertical series of spaces to denote thetotal attendance for each month, the period of absence, and the timestardy, and in order that the respective markings may be made a key ofsuitable arrangement is located at the bottom of the card, as indicatedat 16, which key is employed for denoting the absence andtardiness,whetherin the forenoon or afternoon, and also for the absenceand tardiness which have been excused. The righthand margin of theattendance-record may also be provided with a space, as at 17, to denotethe school in which the record is used.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the herein-described inventionprovides a record in which may be embodied a students standing from thetime he commences his or her scholastic life until the end thereof, andthe same also includes the record of attendance during such life. Theinvention is designed to supplant the ordinary form of recordbooks nowcommonly used, and the record is kept in compact form to the smallestdetail. Hence the standing of a student at any point during the entirelife at the institution may be determined at a glance. A record of thecharacter described may be conveniently filed away in any form ofcard-index and is therefore convenient of access at all times, and thesame may be produced at a minimum figure, and when once commenced it isentirely unnecessary to adopt other means for the preservation of therecords of the various students.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. A record of the class described, comprising a surface subdivided intospaces having identifying data therein to design ate the personaldescription of a student and class standing and attendance, the spacedesignating the class standing comprising subdivisions defined by heavylines and containing data indicative of the terms of a scholastic year,said term-spaces being subdivided into spaces defined by light lines andcontaining data indicative of the respective months constituting theterms, a series of subjects arranged opposite the subdivisions under therespective terms, saidseries of subjects being divided by heavyhorizontal lines into groups comprising the natural divisions or coursesin which the same are pursued, and an indicating-symbol arrangedopposite each subject and designating both the counts or merits for eachsubject and a determinate period of time over which the respectivestudies eX- tend.

2. A record of the class described, comprising a surface divided intospaces and having data indicative of the terms constituting a scholasticyear, each of said term-spaces being subdivided into spaces having dataindicative of the years comprehending an entire course, said year-spacesbeing subdivided IOO IIO

In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

FRANK D. BOYNTON.

Witnesses:

J. E. WILLIAMS, CLARENCE D. TARBELL.

